When Art Meets Immigration Issues

Lynn Trimble June 22, 2018 8:00AM

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It's been more than a decade since Arizona gained infamy for its SB 1070 legislation targeting undocumented immigrants. And metro Phoenix artists have been making work about immigration and border-related issues ever since. Here's a sampling of that art, plus works by other artists beyond Arizona.

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